Kafka Architect Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Kafka Architect
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Kafka Architect daily rate in Glasgow is £449, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
16 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Kafka Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.28% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £447 - -
25th Percentile £448 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 - -
75th Percentile £449 - -
90th Percentile £450 - -
Scotland median daily rate £449 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Glasgow with a recognized job title 669 738 887
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 91.45% 96.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 457 590
10th Percentile £284 £300 £313
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £483
Median % change year-on-year - -6.83% +1.68%
75th Percentile £560 £550 £600
90th Percentile £663 £625 £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 12 24
10th Percentile £16.17 £12.12 £11.50
25th Percentile £22.39 £16.37 £15.42
Median hourly rate £35.00 £19.59 £17.35
Median % change year-on-year +78.66% +12.91% -31.96%
75th Percentile £55.00 £25.07 £38.75
90th Percentile £61.84 £41.03 £75.00
Scotland median hourly rate £24.09 £22.94 £40.00
% change year-on-year +5.02% -42.66% +113.33%

Kafka Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Kafka Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Kafka Architect job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Kafka Architect Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 16 February 2026, Kafka Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Glasgow region featuring Kafka Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Confluent
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
1 2 (100.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech

Kafka Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Confluent